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Sallinger, Ursula 2007-05-09T18:30:17Z 2007-05-09T18:30:17Z 1996 Sallinger, Ursula. "Alliance disintegration in a realist? world." (1996) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/14103">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/14103</a>. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/14103 THESIS POL.SCI. 1996 SALLINGER This thesis extends the existing research on alliance disintegration by more fully specifying the values which motivate states' foreign policy behaviors. Previous research held that security is the foremost good which states pursue. An implication of this assumption is that states forge alliance commitments solely in an effort to gain this good. I contend that not only do states desire security, they also desire proaction, defined as the ability to implement changes in those aspects of the status quo which are less than satisfactory. Furthermore, states may pursue one or both of these goods through their alliance activity. From this altered set of assumptions, more precice predictions are made with respect to the timing of alliance disintegration. I find that asymmetric alliances have the greatest probability of terminating when both parties are losing power while symmetric alliances are more likely to break up when only one state is decreasing in strength. application/pdf eng Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. Political science International law International relations Alliance disintegration in a realist? world Thesis Text Political Science Social Sciences Rice University Masters Master of Arts open.access